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Theres a taxi I see regularly in the CT area that is branded Fox transport, complete with the fox tail straight off your fork. Obviously no brand/product confusion but a blatant trademark rip off nonetheless. Your example is one of unfair competition. A court case to prevent the culprit from using the similar name would have been easily winnable.

This is intimidation for the sake of it IMO. As another poster said, their TM is restricted to certain products. They do not have a TM on the name Roubaix when used outside those categories. If a TM is confusingly similar to a registered mark being used for products in the same category, then yes, but in this case it looks like a big stretch to argue a bike shop name with "cafe" in front of it is somehow infringes their product TM's. I think they'd be laughed out of court in SA.

Don't all 29ers fall into that category?

Is this the new stuff in the trailers Specialised put out on you tube? if so, where on earth are they?

Ja, the riders accents are a bit different ....

Its one of those french fun rides they call avalanches - our equivalent would be the Argus MTB race

No thats a proper mad mountain bike race...

Giant have used more and more fluid forming on their tubes over the years - more curves, less metal where its not needed, so they look better and are probably a bit lighter - The 2011 looks a lot more like the 2013 for this reason. Get the newest slackest h/a version you can afford.

That would be a tough event - hot, dusty and big climbs between stages, but such good fun. Jonkers is also crying out for a race like this.

I love mine - I use a combo of the thick and thin pads which means I always have a spare set of clean dry pads. I'd rate it as warmer than an XC lid but thats fine in winter and to be honest I didnt feel unduly warm despite the heat yesterday. It actually also works well as a helmet as the rock dents in the back of mine prove.

It was huge fun, but IMO not a patch on the Welvanpas course in terms of steepness and flat out fast sections. No doubt when the trails bed in a bit it will get much better tho. Looking forward to the 2014 series!

My email to CSA re Greg Minnaars non nomination for the SASA awards did not garner a response. Pathetic.

Got my confirmation too - Delheim is the start venue. Thorns anyone? Tjoepless tough tyres FTW.

Hey, Dev, why you selling your Force carbon?

Mmm, those horse trails in Tokai that are not legal are flowy fast, bumpy fun.

Agreed - it rocks!

I have the HD SG on my front wheel. Its heavy but very confidence inspiring. I'd agree that it works better on damp/loamy soil than summer sand, but its by no means a slouch there and converts to tubeless well. The NN's have a similar tread pattern but shorter knobs and are flimsy in comparison, unless you get the snakeskin or whatever they call the toughened version. Another tyre I am trying for the first time at the moment is the WTB Bronson - wide for a 2.3 and lighter than the HD SG. Its a nice tight fit, pumps up tubeless like it has a tube in it and so far has not tried to burp off the rim...

Aha, that makes a bitta sense. I just like bolting bikes together...

The answer is clear. Its not okay, at all.

This may be a stupid question, but why not just build it yourself? And on the subject of "build" - its a bit of a misnomer for a process which is far more like an "assembly", no?

Shimano SLX at the back - RF narrow wide 34 in the front. Next step is a further chain shortening exercise.

Bonus - you wont run out of revs.

Hey ya wimps - the 34 isnt that bad to pedal - just drop your cadence and plod...

I have the 2013 Reign. It does indeed pedal really well, and if you built it up a bit lighter ie XC tyres and wheels, it would handle long races well. I found the suspension needed tuning to work well on the descents. Both the shock and fork were too linear in spring rate for my 84kg. I bought a set of aircan spacers for the float ctd and a bigger spacer has made the shock much better. The fork is harder to resolve - the negativity around the 2013 CTD forks was justified. I added float fluid to the airchamber and that definitly helped a bit and with some extra air it handles just about anything well. Its just not the plushest or stiffest fork around... Mine is converted to 1x10 and I can climb most steep stuff, its just more tiring. I have also lost the chain a few times despite setting the clutch as stiff as possible and am thinking of putting a guide back on.

Looks like I may get a pass for this one. On the issue of the difficulty level, I have no problem with a DH style course as long as there are chicken runs - for instance the Tokai DH line is pretty rideable whether you do all the features or not...